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COOK COUNTY

Preckwinkle To Introduce Stricter Gun Regulations

January 12, 2013 4:39 PM

Reporting Nancy Harty

Heard on WBBM 780, Local, News, Syndicated Local, Watch + Listen:

Cook County, Cook County Board President, gun control, gun regulations, Rahm Emanuel, Toni Preckwinkle

CHICAGO (CBS) — Gun owners in Chicago and suburban Cook County may have new incentives for keeping better track of their weapons.

Following a record number of homicides in Chicago last year, Mayor Emanuel reportedly want to double the penalty for gun owners who fail to report the loss, theft or transfer of guns to six months in jail.
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Preckwinkle To Introduce Stricter Gun Regulations
WBBM Newsradio’s Nancy Harty

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Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle says she will introduce a proposal on Wednesday since the problem goes beyond city limits.

“20 percent of the illegal guns that are used in crimes in Chicago are purchased legally in suburban Cook so we have to get a better handle on guns across the county and this is a way to do that.”

Preckwinkle declined to offer further details about the proposal, saying it is still being worked out.

http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2013/01/12/preckwinkle-to-introduce-stricter-gun-regulations/

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“Actually, Chicago is a lovely city. I worked at a major University (UIC) for years, amongst other jobs I held when young down in Chicago (I’m retired in the western burbs). All of the mayhem is taking place in certain areas of the city (primarily the south side”

Oh really?

http://www.chicagonewsreport.com/2012/06/video-dangerous-black-mobs-infest.html

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All of the mayhem is taking place in certain areas of the city (primarily the south side”

Oh really?

Yes really. Occasionally the mobs stray off the reservation, but not that often. It is primarily a south south/west side phenomena. Like any large city, there is crime throughout the city, but it remains pretty localized. All you have to do is listen to the local nightly news to know that by where they report the locality of the crime that has taken place. It remains primarily the south side. With the monicker “KeyLargo”, I doubt you live in Chicago to really know the city well.

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A very long time ago, when driving to Chicago, I accidentally got lost and ended up on the South Side. Nothing happened, but it left an impression then.

A similar situation happened when I ended up driving through the barrio in San Juan at dusk, but there were a lot of people out who would have had me for lunch had I stopped the car for any reason.

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Notes from the Chicago Intifada, 2012

Paul K. (not Paul Kersey, as I initially posted by mistake) writes:

As summer approaches, the black intifada ramps up in Chicago. This past weekend, groups of young blacks rampaged through the downtown area, administering beatings. As usual, the media and politically sensitive police higher-ups sought to minimize the problem. Here is how the attacks were described by Chicago Police Supt. Garry McCarthy:

McCarthy said he knew of three downtown mob attacks over the weekend, including the Michigan man jumped on North State; a couple robbed on the CTA Red Line, and a man beaten in the Gold Coast area.

According to Second City Cop, a blog run by a police officer, the attacks are being undercounted by a factor of ten. He writes:

And for the record, the “three” “muggings” that are being “investigated?” Add a zero to that for incidents occurring last night in 018 [district].

Crime is down and if no one reports it or the media doesn’t get a hold of it? It never happened.

Here is a comment at his site:

it was the worst ever on mag mile. people eating outdoors at restaurants were getting bottles and stuff thrown at them. there were groups of hundreds “wilding”. hundreds. like packs of 300-400 beating , robbing etc. wow. just wow. i mean really wtf.

In an article in today’s Chicago Tribune, an Asian doctor describes being attacked by blacks Sunday night as he walked the four blocks between the hospital where he works and his home, through what the article describes as “the quiet and wealthy Streeterville neighborhood.” The doctor is reluctant to ascribe any racial component to the attack.

“I saw the mob of them … young teenagers, tweeners between 13 and 15 years old, like young kids you’d see at the mall,” the doctor said. “The thing I remember clearly was that they were enjoying frightening people. They went after a food delivery man on a bike. Then they went after me. It was like ‘Lord of the Flies.’

“And then they hit me with something, a hard blunt object on the back of the head, and I went down,” the doctor said.

Taken back to the hospital, he received treatment for facial wounds and received three deep stitches. “My wife’s upset,” he said. “There was blood, but it could have been worse.”

I asked about that elephant in the room: Was it racial?

“I don’t think it was racially motivated,” the doctor said. “They were black, I’m Asian, but I think it was something else. I think it was about having fun because they could … I’m not sure what this says. I don’t know where you would start. You’ve got to wonder why these young kids are out at 10 o’clock on a Sunday night.”

Discussing the attacks, a Streeterville woman was not so naive, but another neighbor was primarily concerned about “feelings”:

Some people, like property manager Peggy Wood, thought the mob attacks might be hate crimes. “Did they rob the victims? No,” Wood said. “It wasn’t about robbing. It’s about hurting. Just to beat someone up for the fun of it? I’m no lawyer, but I’d call it a hate crime.”

Others didn’t want to view it through a racial prism. “It’s very difficult to discuss,” said Tim Hunter, an insurance executive. “We don’t want to talk in racial terms. We don’t want to hurt people’s feelings. It’s just difficult.”

http://www.amnation.com/vfr/archives/022603.html